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Finding local companies who might like to sponsor the event, help out with feeding people or bringing them to attend can be documented here.
Finding local companies who might like to sponsor the event, help out with feeding people or bringing them to attend can be documented here.
== Brainstorm area ==
Put things here that you think could use a bit of discussion/thought.
=== Tasks to tackle ===
What can we hack on? To me (Johan) what seems nice are tasks that become better when done in a group, e.g.:
* a bug that requires knowledge of large part of codebase,

Revision as of 13:14, 24 August 2014

This page details the planning of an Inkscape Hackfest 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Last updated: 2014-05-05

Description

A hackfest first. We'd be working on Inkscape bugs, features and delving into coding, packaging, website issues. Anything that can benefit from developers and users being physically available in the same space.

Date

We hope to schedule the hackfast just after or just before the Libre Graphics Meeting 2015 (LGM2015). Fill in the dates of that event here when available.

Schedule

A sketch of what might happen on hackfest days, 2 or 3 days of things should be planned.

a) Social meeting b) Pre-lunch presentations c) Lunch d) Pure hacking e) Dinner f) Pure drunk hacking

Venue

Technically the best location is the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The SIPB computing student group has been contacted in order to get something organised. Other contacts are also available should SIBP not work out.

More details as they arrive.

Area

The Boston/Cambridge area hosts many meetings, hackfests and Free Software events. It is both the home of the Free Software Foundation in downtown Boston, many software related companies involved in Free Software such as Red Hat, Canonical and Google as well as hosting very many large Universities with competent computer science departments.

The area is packed full of sizzling restaurants and other events for social activity.

Stay

The venue can be commuted to via the backbone of the MBTA transport network, the Red Line. Any hotel /outside/ of Cambridge and Boston centers but on this Red Line should be both affordable as well as accessible. Events should consider themselves based on this line too.

House sharing should also be possible. Martin Owens is a local who is inviting a developer to stay for the event. others may be available too.

Sponsors

Finding local companies who might like to sponsor the event, help out with feeding people or bringing them to attend can be documented here.

Brainstorm area

Put things here that you think could use a bit of discussion/thought.

Tasks to tackle

What can we hack on? To me (Johan) what seems nice are tasks that become better when done in a group, e.g.:

  • a bug that requires knowledge of large part of codebase,